I Am the Lord Thy God
Today’s Passage – Leviticus 14 – 15 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)
(Second Milers also read – John 9 – 10; Proverbs 8; Psalms 41 – 45
Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Isaiah 40:31
Read a previous post from this passage – “Leprosy in the House“
“I am the LORD your God” Leviticus 19-21
There is a common phrase we see throughout these commandments that God is giving to Moses and that is “I am the LORD your God”. After almost every rule/law that God delivers He ends it with “I am the LORD your God”, why is this? The logical part of me wants to say, because we are humanwe have to be reminded of the why and who we are doing things for. Remember these are the same Israelites that murmur and complain throughout the wilderness, after God rescued them from a ruthless captor, mostly about food and water. What are some ways we can not be like them?
When times are tough remember, “I am the LORD your God”
There have been times in our lives when we did not know where to turn or which direction to go, and honestly those timesoccurred when we tried taking things into our own hands and doing things our own way, but God oft times works in different ways. Even in the though times we need to remember “I am the LORD your God” because He will not let anything happen to us outside His will. Think of the disciples in Mark 4:37 afraid of the storm, even with the Master on the ship with them, even after He had said “Let us pass over unto the other side” a mere two verses prior. Oh how easy it is for us to forget that as Christians we are in Gods hands.
When things don’t make sense remember, “I am the LORD your God”
In this new COVID, political society it seems that nothing makes sense, what is right is now called wrong, and what is wrong is now called right. There was a time when police men and women were thanked for their service, and now their service is being taken away. There was a time when being proud to be an American was the norm and now it is viewed as extremism, and there was a time when being a Christian was viewed as a good thing even by non-believers, and now it is border line terrorism. Believe it or not Jesus didn’t have that easy either, and if we think about it have times really changed? We crucified the only true innocent person on this earth, we mocked and ridiculed Him His whole earthly ministry, and even true believers denied even being associated with Him in His time of need. Things haven’t made a lot of sense for a while now but He is always and will always be on the throne, remember “I am the Lord your God.”
When it’s all going good remember, “I am the LORD your God”
Most importantly, everyday we wake up to see the beauty of His creation, every morning when we have the privilege of seeing the husband or wife He has blessed us with or the kids He has entrusted us with, remember “I am the Lord your God” and thank Him.Probably the best human example of this I can think of would be Job. Most of us in his situation would be out of the game, we would quit on God. Job truly remembered who God is, and no matter what satan was allowed to do to him, he would not curse God. May we always remember who God truly is.
Posted in Devotions by Wesley Clayton with 3 comments.
Thank you for the blessing great is thy faithfulness God is good
Amen Wes good stuff! Praying for you guys
It is sad how things have changed in our world, but your right when you say that we have to remember who God is. He knows the being and the end, and we just need to trust his word because in the end, believers WIN!!
Good post Wes.